"The secrets get passed around.. And all sorts of people are going to die for the secrets. That's the curse of power" - Iraq, Watch Dogs.

New York, the city that never sleeps.. The big Apple, the capital of the world.. Empires are made and empires have fallen in New York, whether legal or otherwise. No matter what, in New York, there is always someone bigger, someone better.

They called it progress, they called it the new frontier of technology. CTOS, created to ensure the cities could run on their own with minimal upkeep.. Instead, they had created a digital cage. CTOS was more than just a system.. It was a tool tailor made for the powerful to stay in power.. From politicians, to the criminal underworld - Even the NYPD had its slice of the pie.

Blume's own creation had brought out the worst in New York.. Unprecedented corruption, impunity, and a new power dynamic in which those who held access to CTOS became the strongest.. Data became the new currency of the underworld, privacy had become a thing of the past.

New York needed a hero, someone willing to stand up to the wolves that were picking the city clean.. It needed a Watch Dog.

The gangs of New York ran rampant, the police carried out extrajudicial activities with impunity.. And now, you were there to put an end to it.

Welcome to New York.